List of Famous people born in Bamako Capital District

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol is a French politician, the current mayor of Rouen.

Almamy Touré is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Born in Mali, he represents France internationally.

Kalifa Coulibaly is a Malian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Nantes and the Mali national team, as a striker.

Pierrette Gabrielle Herzberger-Fofana is a German-Malian politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and member of the European Parliament.

Adiaratou Iglesias Forneiro, also known as "Adi", is a Spanish track and field athlete.

Sidiki Diabaté is a Malian kora player, musician and music producer born in 1992 in Bamako, Mali. He is the son of renowned kora player Toumani Diabaté and grandson of Sidiki Diabaté. Diabaté belongs to the 77th generation of musicians in a long family tradition of griots, his family being primarily kora players. His grandfather Sidiki Diabaté recorded the first ever kora album in 1970. His father's cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family. His uncle Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a prominent kora player.

Mahamadou Diarra is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.

Moussa Doumbia is a Malian professional footballer who currently plays in Ligue 1 for Stade de Reims and the Mali national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger.

Boubou Cissé is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines and Industry.

Makan Konatè is a Malian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Terengganu. Before joined Persebaya, he played for Liga 1 side Sriwijaya, after being released by Liga 1 club Persib Bandung and Malaysian club T-Team, the club decided not to extend his contract due to knee injury.